Chapter 16: Saving My Bias from Mishaps (2)
After a moment of shock, Abel hurriedly tied the handkerchief back around my wrist. Seeing Abel's tiny hands make such nimble movements made me so pleased.
Unlike me, he seemed pretty shocked by what he had just seen. It was a natural reaction. Anyone would be shocked to see a person walking around with their guts exposed, after all.
“W-why aren’t you hiding this?”
“It’s not that I’m not hiding it. It’s that I can’t. I simply don’t know how to hide it. I think His Grace is also displeased about this.”
“Ah! But then, that’s… that’s not your fault. Please don’t feel sad.”
“Thank you. You’re amazing, Childe Louvremont. You’ve already learned how to hide your core long ago, right? I’m told most people learn when they’re over 10 years old, but you are a prodigy after all.”
“What?! A prodigy…? No, I’m no such thing. And being unable to hide this doesn’t make you a fool either. So really… don’t feel so blue about it.”
